Kishima

Kishima lies along the inner reaches of the Ariake Sea in Hizen, where the broad Shiroishi plain meets extensive tidal flats. In the Edo period, Saga domain undertook repeated reclamation works, building embankments and bringing low ground under cultivation. The district grew as fields advanced into the flats. Water control was essential to this work, in a landscape shaped by the sea's exceptionally great tides.